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On the recordJuly 19, 1979
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and laws of the United States of America, including the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950, as amended.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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Executive Order 12148—Federal Emergency Management

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